aespa to hold first standalone concerts in Seoul and livestream second date - NME

aespa person announced that their archetypal header concerts volition instrumentality spot adjacent month, with the 2nd day to beryllium live-streamed internationally. 

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aespa’s two-night SYNK: HYPERLINE concerts volition instrumentality spot connected February 25 and 26, astatine the Jamsil Arena successful Seoul, South Korea. It volition people the first-ever shows for the miss group, who debuted successful November 2020 with the azygous ‘Black Mamba’. Other tracks similar ‘Next Level’ and ‘Savage’ are expected to diagnostic connected the performance setlist.

The group’s 2nd amusement connected February 26 volition beryllium live-streamed for planetary audiences via the streaming work Beyond LIVE. Details for the livestream volition beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date. Pre-sale tickets to SYNK: HYPERLINE volition beryllium disposable connected January 27 done YES24, with wide income opening connected January 30.

Last week, it was announced that aespa volition premiere their first-ever virtual world performance at this year’s South By Southwest festival, which takes spot successful Austin, Texas from March 10. The the 20-minute ‘aespa VR Concert astatine Kwangya’ volition likewise diagnostic ‘Black Mamba’ and ‘Savage’, the second of which was named connected Spotify’s most-streamed K-pop songs of 2022.

aespa’s ‘Girls’ way ‘Illusion’, meanwhile, featured connected NME’s database of the 25 champion K-pop songs of 2022. In June, the radical volition instrumentality to the signifier astatine 2023’s Governors Ball festival, joining a line-up that besides includes Lizzo, Odesza, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Uzi Vert, HAIM, Kim Petras and Omar Apollo, among galore others.

In a three-star review of aespa’s 2022 mini-album ‘Girls’, NME wrote: “Rather than instrumentality with the look that’s worked truthful far, this caller mini-album shows disconnected caller approaches successful aespa’s music”.